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ABO and Rh Blood Group Distribution Among Kunbis (Maratha) population
of Amravati District, Maharashtra.
Warghat N.E.1, Sharma N.R.1, Sharma S.H.2, Yadav A.R.2,Pachalore G.S.1, Baig M.M.1
1 Department of Zoology, Govt. Vidarbha Institute of Science & Humanities,
Amravati,-444604, Maharashtra-India E mail: [email protected]
2 Shri Shivaji Science College, Amravati-444604, Maharashtra- India.
Corresponding author: Mumtaz Baig, Department of Zoology, Govt. Vidarbha Institute of
Science & Humanities, Amravati,-444604, Maharashtra-India E-mail:
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ABSTRACT
The present study reports the distribution of ABO and Rh blood groups among the Kunbis
(Maratha) population of Amravati district. The phenotypic frequency of blood group B is observed
highest (33.06) percent, O (31.04), A (27.02) and AB is lowest (08.33) percent. The phenotypic
frequency of Rh negative is (04.26) percent. TheKunbis (Maratha) population shows close genetic
relationship with the Gujratis.
KEYWORDS: Blood group, variation, Maratha Kunbis, Vidarbha. Nature Precedings : doi:10.1038/npre.2010.4868.1 Posted 8 Sep 2010
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INTRODUCTION
In the present paper, we studied the distribution of ABO and Rh blood group among the Kunbis
(Maratha) population of Amravati district, Maharashtra. Kunbi was claimed to have been warriors
and land lord having their roots in Maharashtra. They belong to the Hindu cast and are considered
Nature Precedings : doi:10.1038/npre.2010.4868.1 Posted 8 Sep 2010 as close to the upper class Brahmin from the same geographical location. One rung of the ladder of
social advancement is to provide oneself with Rajputs origins. Kunbi are widely distributed in
different parts other than Maharashtra, are Karnataka, Gujarat, Goa and Madhya Pradesh. They
speak the Marathi, one of the major languages of Indo-Aryan language group. The Kunbis
number 193,255 or 24 per cent, of the population (Census of India 2001). They are 4
overwhelmingly the most important caste in the district, and the Kunbi has come to be the accepted
type of all Maratha cultivators.
MATERIAL AND METHODS
1500 blood samples are collected in to EDTA vials from different Kunbis residing areas of
Amravati district. All samples are tested for the ABO and Rh blood groups using anti - A,
anti -B and anti - D sera. Gene frequencies are calculated by Hardy-Weinberg principle using the
WinBug program (Spiegelhalter, et al., 2003).
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
The distribution of the ABO and Rh blood groups among the Kunbis population of Amravati
district is shown in the table 1. Blood group B predominates in distribution with the highest
Nature Precedings : doi:10.1038/npre.2010.4868.1 Posted 8 Sep 2010 frequency (33.06%) fallowed by blood group O (31.04%) and blood group A (27.02%). The
frequency of allele B is quite high (0.2354) as compared to A (0.1978). The frequency of Rh
negative is (d = 0.2065).
Roychoudhury (1977a) used smaller number of genetic loci and observed the genetic relationship
of Kunbi (Maratha) and Gujratis which is closer to each other than to the Hindus of Madhya
Pradesh. 5 Nature Precedings : doi:10.1038/npre.2010.4868.1 Posted 8 Sep 2010 6
Reference:
Census of India (2001). Data from the 2001 Census includes cities, villages and towns
(provisional).
Roychoudhury AK (1977a). Gene diversity in Indian populations. Hum Genet 40:99.
Spiegelhalter DJ, Thomas A, Best NG, Lunn D (2003). WinBug program version 1.4. Biostatistics
Unit, Cambridge. Nature Precedings : doi:10.1038/npre.2010.4868.1 Posted 8 Sep 2010 7 Nature Precedings : doi:10.1038/npre.2010.4868.1 Posted 8 Sep 2010 8 Nature Precedings : doi:10.1038/npre.2010.4868.1 Posted 8 Sep 2010 9 Table 1: Distribution of the ABO and Rh blood groups and their allele Nature Precedings : doi:10.1038/npre.2010.4868.1 Posted 8 Sep 2010 frequencies among Kunbis 10 (Maratha) population of Amravati district.
Blood Group No Phenotypic frequency in % Allelic Frequency A 408 27.02 A = 0.19788 B 496 33.06 B = 0.23543 AB 125 08.33 O = 0.56666 O 471 31.04 Rh Blood Group
Nature Precedings : doi:10.1038/npre.2010.4868.1 Posted 8 Sep 2010 Rh + ve 1436 95.73 D = 0.97843 Rh - ve 64 04.26 d = 0.20655